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Just last night I read our 2yo daughter "Dinosaur Dance" and she "read" it back to me afterwards (complete with my added animations)!

The words per page aren't enough that she gets bored, the illustrations are colorful and silly, and each book lasts "just long enough". We've got a small collection going now that she loves to have read to her. When I see one of the books in a store, I know it's an easy buy.

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Initially, I didn't care for the few books of hers that we received as baby shower gifts. But after multiple readings, I've started to see them as not trying for Seuss-like verbal gymnastics, but instead acting as creative prompts for parents to act as silly as possible. Hamming it up while reading is highly encouraged.

I like Dinosaur Dance a lot as well for my 17 month old but I found the writing in the rest of the books bland or a bit annoying. The illustrations are all cute.

Try The Going to Bed Book, or Pajama Time (I actually watched a youtube vid on how to "sing" that one because I couldn't work out the metering myself, but it's now another of her favorites). She also likes Dinosaur's Binkit for the interactivity. I admit I haven't read all of them, but the ones I have are a hit so far.

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